MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jonathan Loáisiga
Jonathan Loáisiga
AZ · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Jonathan Loáisiga wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jonathan Loáisiga
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jonathan Loáisiga
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jonathan Loáisiga
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jonathan Loáisiga
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jonathan Loáisiga
31.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jonathan Loáisiga
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jonathan Loáisiga
.271
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
2.014.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jonathan Loáisiga
2.014.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.31
now 1.08
1.23
Jonathan Loáisiga
.9901.31
now 1.06
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
34
Jonathan Loáisiga
4053.60
now 13
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jonathan Loáisiga
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Jonathan Loáisiga
.00029
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJonathan Loáisiga — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.88
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